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Riyadh’s strategy blends cooperation with Turkey against Iran, leveraging tribal networks in northeast Syria, and rallying Gulf diplomatic pressure against Israeli expansion. Success depends on Damascus’s ability to unify the country amid persistent external interference.

By supporting groups like the armed Jamaa al-Islamiyya to influence Lebanon’s parliament, Turkey’s strategy risks mirroring Iran’s use of Hezbollah as a proxy to project power and block undesired foreign policy shifts.